Scepter (Gui) with Miscellaneous Poems by Tao Qian (365–427 CE)
A long, flat, pale white jade scepter lies horizontally against a black ground. One end is a narrow ridged grip pierced by a small hole; the other tapers to an angled blade. Fine engraved characters run along the central face, and the stone has a faintly mottled, frosted surface.
Look closer: Fine engraved text runs the length of the central face, nearly invisible at a glance.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1122 or later
- Medium
- translucent white jade
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 1322 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1795).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman